Resources

 

 

Software Developers Sites

It is well worth having a look at these web-sites if you are considering using a software package for qualitative analysis. All have an area where you can download demo versions of the software. In addition, they have a store of information about the software. There are references and often articles that you can download about research which have used the software.

 

Discussion Lists on qualitative software packages

These discussion groups are invaluable if you are using software for qualitative analysis. They should be your first stop if you have questions about using the software. All the developers of these software packages maintain well used discussion lists. No question is too elementary. Even if you do not have a question, it is a good idea to collect answers to questions raised in these groups. You are likely to have similar questions at some point in your analysis.

  • Decision Explorer
    E-mail: listserv@banxia.com
    Subject: (leave blank)
    Message: subscribe DE-discuss
  • MAXqda
    You can get to MAXqda's online forum via their web-pagewww.maxqda.com

 

Discussion Lists and Web-sites on Qualitative Research

 

These more general lists extend their remit beyond just the nuts and bolts of using a particular piece of software. Qual-software discusses software and methodological issues in qualitative research. Qualrs-l is a very popular list for discussing a wide range of issues to do with qualitative research. Anthro-l will be of interest to anthropologists. Sosig is a resource web-site for social scientists in general. The Qualitative Page is a resource web-site for qualitative researchers.

  • Qual-software
    discusses software and methodological issues in qualitative research
    E-mail: jiscmail@jiscmail.ac.uk
    Subject: (leave blank)
    Message: JOIN QUAL-SOFTWARE <your name>
  • Qualrs-l
    a very popular list for discussing a wide range of issues to do with qualitative research
    E-mail: listserv@listserv.uga.edu
    Subject: (leave blank)
    Message: subscribe QUALRS-L <your name>
  • Anthro-l
    of interest to anthropologists
    E-mail: listserv@listserv.acsu.buffalo.edu
    Subject: (leave blank)
    Message: subscribe Anthro-L <your name>
  • Ethno
    Ethnomethodology/conversation analysis
    E-mail: comserve@cios.org
    Subject:(leave blank)
    Message: join ethno <your name>
  • Ethnography-in-Education
    use of ethnographic research methods in education
    E-mail:jiscmail@jiscmail.ac.uk
    Subject: (leave blank)
    Message: join ethnography-in-education firstname lastname;
  • Phenomenog-L
    Phenomenography Interest Group - the study of the way people conceive of the world
    E-mail:majordomo@mailbox.uq.edu.au
    Subject: (leave blank)
    Message: Subscribe PHENOMENOG-L.
  • Jiscmail
    Jiscmail has taken over the Mailbase discussion lists. You should be able to find a list here relevant to your research.
    www.jiscmail.ac.uk
  • The Qualitative Page
    a resource web-site for qualitative researchers www.ualberta.ca/~jrnorris/qual.html
  • Sosig
    a resource web-site for social scientists in general www.sosig.ac.uk

 

Training in qualitative methods

 

Training in qualitative methods, particularly different approaches to analysis, is hard to find. SdG recommends the following training and will be adding more to this list.
(E-mail SdG if you can recommend a good qualitative analysis course.)

Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis and Collection
University of Essex
Colchester, Essex CO4 3SQ
U.K.
Tel: +44-1206-872502
www.essex.ac.uk/methods

Although this is oriented towards quantitative techniques, there are workshops on qualitative data analysis, participant observation and focus groups. It is worth checking out what is on offer.

Day Courses at the Sociology Department, University of Surrey, U.K.

It is well worth checking this site as they often have one day workshops on particular approaches to qualitative analysis and data collection
www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/daycourses/dcindex.html

 

Conferences

 


The Seventh International Conference on Strategies in Qualitative Research with QSR Software

Wednesday 13 September - Friday 15 September 2006
University of Durham
United Kingdom

Organised by the Department of Sociology and Social Policy, the conference will bring together researchers using QSR software and students learning it in themed paper discussions. Pre-conference post-graduate workshops (11-12 September) will offer introductions to the software and sessions for more advanced users. A range of focussed sessions will cover different disciplines and methodological issues.


Details: A call for papers and details of cost are on the conference web-sitewww.dur.ac.uk/strategies.conference